Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
"Be assured that Satan is also well aware that the words of the prophets are about to be fulfilled."
And here we go again...
Today’s epidemic is very troubling but I can assure everyone that God is on his throne and that he is in control and knows exactly what he is doing; and that the Almighty has the wisdom and power to achieve his purposes and fulfill his will!
I have explained the signs of the onset of the tribulation and Christ’s coming in detail over the years; I have understood the course of events yet I have not known the specific time frame which is why I have never posted and firm dates for anything. Even the folks at the Banned by HWA blog criticize me for not setting dates, but I just do not know the precise dates.
Still I can see the progress of events and it is crystal clear that this is now imminent and could begin as soon as this coming winter or possibly in just one more year. Be assured that Satan is also well aware that the words of the prophets are about to be fulfilled.
Satan knows that he will be removed form ruling he earth and incarcerated very soon and he is trying very hard to break the prophecies just like he tried to prevent the rebuilding of the temple and the rebuilding of Jerusalem according to the precise timetable that God had laid out through his prophets. James Malm
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James made up: "Today’s epidemic is very troubling but I can assure everyone that God is on his throne and that he is in control and knows exactly what he is doing; and that the Almighty has the wisdom and power to achieve his purposes and fulfill his will! "
I imagine that humans would rather actually be assured, not by James, but by the gods themselves. But that's now how the game is played. Traditionally we just have to make stuff up about what they are doing or not doing, thinking or not thinking and fulfilling his will for us or maybe more likely, inflicting it upon us.
Not knowing the dates but being crystal clear about it all seems somewhat of a disconnect. Being assured that Satan knows is also probably just made up as if he knew but makes good Bible talk. Dave Pack often uses the term "crystal clear" just before the fog moves in on him.
I recall the many crystal clear and knowing statements made by the chief players in the NT about the things which must certainly and shortly come to pass then. We know how that went. Today...no difference. Besides, Art Mokarrow wrote "God's Puzzle Solved" so there is nothing more to do. I don't recall what the solution was, but the puzzle is definitely already solved. I would encourage James to send for his own copy so he'd not have to worry about coming up with yet another puzzle to solve.
What I want to know, is who do you blame for the virus??? Did God create it as an end times plague? Did Satan create it to derail God's president? Did God use or allow Satan to create it? Did the virus simply come about as a random consequence, another advance in the evolution of viruses? One thing is certain. If the James Malm mold for Satan is correct, the only logical conclusion is that Satan is now working overtime on the cure for one of God's end time disease epidemics, to thwart one of God's major death events outlined in Revelation.
If this were bacteria-based, a super STD as an example, it would widely be considered to be a consequence of the common overuse of antibiotics, yet another natural evolutionary cycle. A bacteria morphing or mutating for its own survival.
I've said from the beginning that what we are currently witnessing is a non-economic event disrupting the global economy. It affects churches in that it is curtailing many of the controls religious leaders thought that they had. It affects their survival in ways that it does not affect the survival of secular businesses, because of the separation of powers as it relates to church and state. Some churches are making the outcome a matter of faith, and expect God to get us through this as they would expect in a war, or any other calamity. So they preach a message of faith and encouragement. They join in the efforts to combat its effects on the communities in which they function. They conduct drives to restock food banks, and set up care centers for the ill. Other churches deny the existence of the epidemic and flaunt their civil disobedience of the restrictions. The approach of Armstrongism has traditionally been to see existential threats as indicators of the end times. The problem is, what if this is not an indicator of the end times? Belief that it is could cause people to react in ways which make the situation worse, causing bad to happen when it need not, years, decades, or hundreds of years prematurely.
If you are in a church which is teaching that this spells the beginning of the end, know this: The only way to discern whether this really is an end time event is to do everything possible to combat it, to be part of the prevention and relief effort. This is something that is way too important to take someone else's word for.
BB
Satan, among other things, is a deceiver. How much does that thing really know? It appears that Satan, like so many of the xcog leaders, does not even know what God's Plan of Salvation to save all humanity, and subsequently destroy Satan and his angels, is really all about. Satan is an author of confusion, and he controls his religions:
2 Cor 11:13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
:15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Like who? Dave Pack, Flurry, Doug Winnail, Franks, Dan Rogers (if still employed), Kubik, Weston, etc.! They all believe in different (another?) gospel, a different (another?) Jesus, even The God, or Gods, etc. What confusion! Why wouldn't James Malm be amongst them?
But, back to Satan, who used Judas to be instrumental in the murder of Jesus Christ. Satan is one of the princes of this world and contrary to what James Malm said, Satan is not aware of all words of the prophets. And James, like so many xcog leaders, is still looking forward to a Mickey Mouse Millennium (MMM) expecting his Christ will come soon, and reign on earth for a 1,000 years. But don't scriptures say all enemies will first be subdued, put down? The last enemy, death, also counts as an enemy, and that thing comes out of the pit after that MMM, of 1,000 years, to again deceive the entire world (Rev 17, 20). Where was Jesus Christ to stop that deception then?
But, back to Satan, who has a degree of ignorance:
"Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." 1 Cor 2:8
Yes, there was an opportunity to thwart God's Plan, but Satan didn't know enough to do it. God's Plan called for the Lamb to be slain from before the foundation of the world, so who will/would change that? Nobody, and later, all (except Satan and his angels) will come to appreciate that event to have taken place.
Is James Malm, who turned a blind eye to the second time Jesus Christ (after He was murdered) came back to earth, ignorant about Christ's "second coming" and about how much Satan knows from prophets?
God claims to be love. Is He? Does His plan prove that? God gave His only begotten Son, and Jesus Christ, as our Passover sacrificed for us, gave His life. Oh, Satan had a part to play in the plan, too. Was God's will done? Time will tell.
Is James' understanding of Christ's coming really accurate? Time will tell.
Is Satan well aware of the words of the prophets? No! Everything Christ spoke was in parables so that most, unless God allowed, would not understand/perceive until much later in time. The disciples had a tough time understanding Christ's words and the words of the prophets. All of that, of course, changed on Pentecost day when they finally received God's Spirit, but God had His hand in that.
When Satan, ignorant of the ramifications of using Judas in the murder of God's Son, did that he just was instrumental in completing another portion of God's Plan.
When will the likes of James Malm and the likes of a Doug Winnail become aware that the MMM is like a fairy tale and has nothing to do with God's Plan to save all humanity, and subsequently destroy Satan and his angels?
Well, time will tell...
John
@BB
“If you are in a church which is teaching that this spells the beginning of the end..: The only way to discern whether this really is an end time event is to do everything possible to combat it, to be part of the prevention and relief effort..”
And there you have the problem in a nutshell.. Because a lot of COG members are WELCOMING this virus. They’ve been told by their leaders that the end is near (sometimes even ‘only days away’). So why would they want to prevent it? Or combat it? After all, it is part of Gods Great Plan, as David Pack pointed out to the RCG members. And other COG leaders are saying similar things.
Ventilators are killing people not a virus. So its the evil in man.
Anon, April 11, 2020 at 5:18 AM, wrote: "Ventilators are killing people not a virus. So its the evil in man."
How did you come to that conclusion regarding the "evil in man?"
Apparently, you may agree with the thoughts of Moses:
"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually." Genesis 6:5
"And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." Genesis 8:21
The Apostle Paul admitted evil was with him:
"I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me." Romans 7:21
James didn't mention evil, but gives an interesting plausible cause for that evil with/in us:
"Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?" James 4:5
Is evil, whatever the cause, with/within man the real culprit in this present evil world?
Time will tell...
John
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